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Alcohol Awareness Week 2011

Giuseppe Masanotti — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:14:01 GMT

Did you know.... •Every minute alcohol-related problems cost the UK economy around £48,000 •Every hour more than 100 people go into hospital in England and Wales with an alcohol-related condition •Every day more than 40 people die as a result of alcohol in England and Wales •Every week more than 100 children call ChildLine upset about their parents' drinking - some as young as five years old. Alcohol Concern wants to create a world free from alcohol harm and to build a grassroots campaign movement to achieve this. We believe everyone has the right to enjoy life free from the effects of alcohol harm and only by campaigning for evidence-based local and national policies can this be achieved. The Alcohol Concern Charter Our starting point is the launch in Alcohol Awareness Week of the Alcohol Concern Charter for a world free from alcohol harm which sets out this vision. It's a four-point statement based on the World Health Organisation's own charter on alcohol. We want everyone, including those who represent us in local and central government, to sign up. A call to action To realise the goals in the charter will take considerable effort. We want everyone concerned about alcohol misuse to join us to campaign for effective evidence based polices to make this happen, including both national and local action to: •End the irresponsible promotion of cheap alcohol and deep discounting •Control the availability of alcohol locally by allowing local areas to reduce licence density •Protect children from alcohol marketing •Increase both identification and support for people affected by alcohol misuse. To achieve this we will be campaigning for a range of local and national measures, to be launched in Alcohol Awareness Week. We believe Government must take the lead in setting evidence based national policies to reduce alcohol harm and give local areas the powers and funding they need to act locally. Our call to action is for: •Government to adopt our charter and the national policy measures above in the forthcoming national alcohol strategy •Local Chairs of Health and Wellbeing Boards, Licensing and other groups to ensure local strategies and investment exists to reduce harm via the local actions above •Everyone to join Alcohol Concern to campaign for a world free of alcohol harm A national conversation To highlight the need for a public commitment to reduction in alcohol harm as reflected in the call to action, we are encouraging people around the country to take part in a national conversation based on two questions: •Is the social cost of alcohol too high? •What is a drink problem? To make people think about their level of drinking, Alcohol Concern's new poster on drink strength What's in your drink? is now available for you to print and display. During the week, Alcohol Concern will also be releasing two new reports: •Recommendations for the government's imminent Alcohol Strategy from Alcohol Concern's round table discussions at the party conferences •Outcomes from our youth policy team's shadow Advertising Standards Authority, where young people apply the ASA codes to current alcohol advertising and marketing. Alcohol Awareness Week is an Alcohol Concern initiative in collaboration with regional and national health groups Balance (North East), Our Life and Drink Wise North West (North West), Alcohol Focus Scotland, Alcohol Action Ireland and Alcohol Concern Cymru (Wales). What you can do to support us during Alcohol Awareness Week and beyond •Join us as a member or supporter if you haven't already done so •Sign the Alcohol Concern charter when it appears on the Alcohol Concern website www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/aaw during alcohol awareness week •Invite your MP, AMs in Wales, and/or your local councillors to meet with you during Alcohol Awareness week, and encourage them to sign the charter and campaign too •Lobby your local council to ensure they prioritise the local action above •Use the opportunity to engage with them on the subject of your choice, ie. cheap alcohol and argue for minimum pricing per unit •Promote the Charter and Call to Action through the people you work with and your social media channels. Together we can create meaningful change and significantly reduce alcohol harms.

Successes and failures of health policy in Europe

Giuseppe Masanotti — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:13:31 GMT

Purpose of the conference Europe, with its 53 very diverse countries, is a remarkable but inadequately exploited natural laboratory for studying health policy. Research so far has largely focused on the lessons that can be learnt from different ways of delivering health services. Yet, there is potentially much more that can be learnt from differences in how these countries have addressed health protection and health promotion. This is shown by the highly uneven development of population health. While progress overall has been substantial in most countries (but not all, with some significant reversals) some have been more successful in reducing rates of premature mortality than others. This is even more striking for specific conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, traffic injury, perinatal mortality or various forms of cancer. This conference brings together the results of recent comparative studies of health policies and population health in Europe in order to identify the successes and failures of national health policies, and to investigate the institutional and other determinants of success. Program of the conference This conference will assess, for four specific areas of health policy, whether variations between countries in the implementation of policies is reflected in variations in health outcomes. We have chosen four areas where preliminary analysis suggest this to be the case: smoking, alcohol, road traffic safety, and child health. If promising results are obtained for these four areas, the initiative will be expanded to cover more areas of health policy. 13.00-13.15 Introduction Johan Mackenbach (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 13.15-13.45 Population health trends in Europe Martin McKee (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) 13.45-14.15 Impact of smoking policies Anna Gilmore (University of Bath) 14.15-14.45 Impact of alcohol policies Peter Anderson (Newcastle University and Maastricht University) 14.45-15.15 Tea break 15.15-15.45 Impact of road traffic safety policies Dinesh Sethi (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Rome) 15.45-16.15 Impact of child health policies Ingrid Wolfe (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) 16.15-16.45 General discussion Moderated by Martin McKee 16.45-17.00 Wrap-up Johan Mackenbach (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) Cost 60 Euro

MEPMIS Launch

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:57:00 GMT

Time: 11.00am - 12.00pm

The inauguration of the MEPMIS learning resources will take place on 22nd September at The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. The event will present, for the first time, the MEPMIS e-learning package and the face-to-face training resource and how they are addressing a need of line managers across Europe. The event will close the event by taking a forward look of the MEPMIS project - how the learning materials will be disseminated, and how interested parties can access the materials.

If you would like to attend the event (there is no charge for attendance), please contact the MEPMIS UK project managers at work2health on 029 20388477.

Polish Conference – Days of Occupational Medicine

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:43:15 GMT

Polish Conference – Days of Occupational Medicine is organised by the Polish Companionship for Occupational Medicine. The conference take place in Spała 1st-4th of June 2011. Main topics are: - the future of occupational medicine - clinical toxicology – where are we going to? - occupational disease – new issues - workplace health promotion - current most popular topic of interest - legal framework – what is new? This conference will be an excellent national launch event of the MEPMIS project on which the Nofer Institute of Occupational Mediicne (the project partner form Poland) will present main project products – e-learning and the manual for managers and trainers. Participants of this conference are Polish specialist from the area of occupational medicine and workplace health promotion and, at the same time, are the group of the project stakeholders. Conference will be conduct in Polish. Read more about this event: http://www.imp.lodz.pl/home_pl/do_konferencji/lodzkie_dni_medycyny_pracy/

University of Michigan Health Management Research Center 30th Annual Wellness in the Workplace Conference "Next Practices for Champion Companies"

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:07:00 GMT

Next Practices for Champion Companies topics

Transforming last year's Best Practices into Next Practices
Two sessions about the future of Population Health Management
High performing companies and city/county governments
Integrating family and community with employee and workplace
Creating and maintaining a healthy environment and culture
Zero Trends in all outcomes

NEW THIS YEAR! The conference will include a two-hour open discussion / question-and-answer session with Dee Edington and Friends for all attendees, registered for either or both days, the evening of March 9th.

For a list of speakers, registration information and more, please visit the Conferences at UM-HMRC <http://www.hmrc.umich.edu/content.aspx?pageid=49&fname=conf.txt> webpage or call us at (734) 764-8179.

Drugscope conference 2011: Capital Concerns: the future for drug and alcohol services in London

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:00:07 GMT

'Capital Concerns - the future for drug and alcohol services' will look at the new drug strategy, and will examine how wider policy changes will impact on the drug and alcohol sector in London.

The 16th National Conference Working with Drug and Alcohol Users in Primary Care - 'The Public Health Agenda: Making patient-centred care the imperative'

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:59:26 GMT

Submissions in the form of posters, papers, film and other media on any aspect of the management of drug and alcohol users in primary care are being sought - to be sent no later than Monday 28th March 2011 to: matt@healthcare-events.co.uk

MEPMIS Project Meeting in Cardiff

Nick Vaslamatzis — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:47:06 GMT

Partner Project Meeting in Cardiff

MEPMIS Pilot training course in Ireland

Nikos Vaslamatzis — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:24:42 GMT

The Irish MEPMIS pilot training course will take place on the 30th and 31st March 2011. This course will be free of charge. If you wish to register for this course or to find out more about it, please contact Noeleen Dowling (n.dowling@wrc-research.ie).

International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety

Stefanos Koukoulas — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:42:00 GMT

EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 29 MARCH 2010. EXTENDED LOW REGISTRATION FEE LIMIT 6 JUNE.

The meeting will be held in Oslo, the capital of Norway, a modern city beautifully situated at the head of Oslo Fjord. The city limits encompass wilderness areas as well as an array of restaurants almost unparalleled in Scandinavia.
We invite you to contribute your work to help us build a strong and exciting scientific program.

The target groups for the meeting are scientists, traffic police and lawyers, official and organization delegates dealing with traffic safety, risks combined by use of alcohol and other drugs.

Please join us in Oslo, 22 - 26 August 2010 !

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (America)

Stefanos Koukoulas — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:37:54 GMT

What is Recovery Month?
Recovery Month is an annual observance that takes place during the month of September.
The Recovery Month observance highlights the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment, lauds the contributions of treatment providers and promotes the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. The observance also encourages citizens to take action to help expand and improve the availability of effective substance abuse treatment for those in need. Each year a new theme, or emphasis, is selected for the observance.

Recovery Month provides a platform to celebrate people in recovery and those who serve them. Each September, thousands of treatment programs around the country celebrate their successes and share them with their neighbors, friends, and colleagues in an effort to educate the public about treatment, how it works, for whom, and why. Substance abuse treatment providers have made significant accomplishments, having transformed the lives of untold thousands of Americans. These successes often go unnoticed by the broader population; therefore, Recovery Month provides a vehicle to celebrate these successes.

Recovery Month also serves to educate the public on substance abuse as a national health crisis, that addiction is a treatable disease, and that recovery is possible. Recovery Month highlights the benefits of treatment for not only the affected individual, but for their family, friends, workplace, and society as a whole. Educating the public reduces the stigma associated with addiction and treatment. Accurate knowledge of the disease helps people to understand the importance of supporting treatment programs, those who work within the treatment field, and those in need of treatment.